64 REPTILES. 



or none ; occipital none : front upper labial shields narrow and high, 

 hinder divided : loreal small : one or two small shields under the 

 eyes : body elongate, round ; tail conical : scales all keeled, very 

 minutely and longitudinally striated. 



Cerberus, Cuvier, R. A. ii. 81, ed. 2. Homalopsis sp., KuhL 

 Isis, 1827, 521. Wagler, Syst. Amph. 169. Hurria sp., Daud. 

 Rept. V. 275, viii. 385, from Hurria^ Rup. i. t. 40, Python sp., 

 Merrem, Tent. Coluber (*** Homaloj)sis),G^ra!/, Ann. Phil. 1825, 

 X. 208. Hydrus sp., Shaw, Zool. iii. Enhydris sp., Latr. Rept. 



* Sides, streak white. 



1. The Kaeoo Bokadam. Cerberus cinereus, Gray, Zool. 

 Misc. 64. Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, 54. Coluber cinereus, 

 Daud. Rept. Karoo Bokadam, Russell, Ind. Serp. i. t. 17. Hy- 

 drus rhyn chops, Schneid. H. Amph. i. 246. Enhydris rhynchops, 

 Latr. Rept. iv. 202. Coluber cerberus, Daud. Rept. vii. 167. Hy- 

 drus cinereus, Shaiv, Zool. iii. 567. Python rhynchops, Merrem, 

 Tent. 90. Homalopsis rhynchops, Boie, Isis, xx. 550. Seha, Thes. 

 ii. t. 15, /. 3. Elaps Boaeformis, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. 301. 

 Boa moluroides, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. 279. Coluber Schneiderii, 

 Daud. Rept. vii. 170. Hurria Schneideriana, Daud. Rept. v. 281, 

 viii. 385. Python molurus, Merrem, Tent. 99. Homalopsis molu- 

 rus, Boie, Isis, xx. 550. Python elapiformis, Merrem, Tent. 89. 

 Coluber, No. 40, Russell, Lid. Serp. ii. t. 40. Cerberus Eusselli, 

 Cuvier, MSS. Mas. Paris, fide Schley el. Homalopsis Schneideri, 

 Schlegel, Phys. Serp. 341, t 13,/. 6, 7. Coluber obtusatus, Reinw. 



Scales ovate, rounded at the end : brown, with rather close, 

 narrow, black cross-bands; lips and throat white, black-spotted; 

 sides white ; belly black, yellow-mottled ; tail blackish, sides slightly 

 pale-spotted (colour darker when young) : sixth labial under the 

 eye, hinder one double. 



a — c. In spirits. Young. India. Presented by General Hard- 

 wicke. 



d. In spirits. Young. India. Lower series of scales on hinder 



part of the body, before the vent acutely keeled. Presented by 

 General Hardwicke. 



e, /. In spirits. Half grown and young. Borneo. From Mr. 



Lowe's collection. 

 y. In spirits. Half grown. Madras. Presented by Thomas 



Boileau, Esq. 

 h. In spirits. Adult. India. Presented by the Royal College of 



Surgeons. 

 i. In spirits. Adult. Batavia. 



